Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 11:25:03 -0400 From: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com To: Fergus Henderson Cc: Kevin DOT Hughes AT icl DOT com, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: Gnu license (PLEASE redirect to gnu.misc.discuss) Message-ID: <19990611112503.B843@cygnus.com> References: <88D27A381F90D211BEE10000948332B70FF1D9 AT UKNORTHEX1 DOT wg DOT icl DOT co DOT uk> <19990611215316 DOT A1957 AT mundook DOT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990611215316.A1957@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU>; from Fergus Henderson on Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 09:53:16PM +1000 On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 09:53:16PM +1000, Fergus Henderson wrote: >On 11-Jun-1999, Kevin DOT Hughes AT icl DOT com wrote: >> I hate to start this thread again, especially as it is off topic, but I am a >> little concerned about a possible fiddle to software released under the gnu >> license which removes the advantage of it. > >This is definitely off-topic. Please take this discussion >to the newsgroup gnu.misc.discuss. Absolutely. Also, let me point out that cygwin licensing has changed. Here is the CYGWIN_LICENSE file from recent snapshots. If there are any questions about the cygwin license please follow the instructions in the text below. Don't send them to me or DJ. We don't control licensing policy. -chris -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** NOTE *** In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Cygnus permits programs whose sources are distributed under a license that complies with the Open Source(tm) definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without libcygwin.a itself causing the resulting program to be covered by the GNU GPL. This means that you can port an Open Source(tm) application to cygwin, and distribute that executable as if it didn't include a copy of libcygwin.a linked into it. Note that this does not apply to the cygwin DLL itself. If you distribute a (possibly modified) version of the DLL you must adhere to the terms of the GPL, i.e., you must provide sources for the cygwin DLL. See http://www.opensource.org/osd.html for the precise Open Source Definition referenced above. If you have questions about any of the above or would like to arrange for other licensing terms, please contact Cygnus using the information given below: Cygnus Solutions 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA +1 408 542 9600 hotline: +1 408 542 9601 email: `info AT cygnus DOT com' fax: +1 408 542 9699 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com